Bell is proposing a wet lease of Bell Agusta 609 tiltrotors as part of its proposal to the US Marine Corps to use the nine-seat tiltrotor as a trainer for the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey.
Bell's proposal would allow the USMC to operate AB609s without straining tight US acquisition budgets, says Bell Helicopter Textron executive director Europe/Middle East/Africa, Bill Maddox.
Source: Flight International
The developmental attack variant of the Korea Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion has conducted its maiden sortie.
The US government has cleared the possible sale of Bell 412 utility helicopters to Zambia.
The service logged its final active service flight with the venerable Sikorsky combat search and rescue helicopter, as deliveries of the new HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter ramp up.
